Attention Economics - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Mar 2021
In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Europe - Global

Europe Paris HBS opened the Europe Research Center (ERC) in Paris in 2003, to help HBS develop and strengthen relationships with European business and academic leaders. The ERC enables HBS faculty to study more effectively one of the world’s most important View Details

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Employee Welfare – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

reformers, journalists, and photographers brought to national attention poor working conditions experienced by industrial workers. In the ensuing economic climate of the late 1920s and 1930s, many executives... View Details

22 Feb 2018
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The New History of American Capitalism

represents a distinctive departure. First—and most basically—the history of American capitalism, along with the essays gathered here, reinstalls political economy as a category for analysis. Economic life, all the authors agree, is... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

26 Sep 2023
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Digital Strategy: A Handbook for Managing a Moving Target

few of the recent emerging trends that digital has brought along, have entered the business vocabulary, captivated the attention of scholars and practitioners alike, and are now at the center of every company’s strategic thinking. It is... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Information Technology; Technology

21 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

Buy Now, Pay Later: How Retail's Hot Feature Hurts Low-Income Shoppers

are incurring the overdraft fees and low [savings] balances.” Growth in BNPL—whose providers don’t face the strict financial regulations that banks do—drew the attention of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau earlier this year.... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Retail; Financial Services; Technology

24 Jul 2000
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Value Maximization and Stakeholder Theory

consuming their economic rents in this manner. Enlightened Stakeholder Theory Enlightened stakeholder theory is easy to explain. It can take advantage of most that stakeholder theorists offer in the way of processes and audits to measure... View Details

Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen

04 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 4

acquisition, offer branding guidelines, and explain how a choir of angel investors often will sing different parts. Publisher's link: http://www.amazon.com/Managing-Startups-Best-Blog-Posts/dp/1449367879 2006 Journal of Economic Behavior... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

to form the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM). ICHOM brought together clinical leaders and patients in over 25 conditions worldwide to develop and lead the implementation of outcome measure sets. ICHOM’s pioneering work has captured the... View Details

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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

are grappling with this challenge by pulling together leading-edge insights from some of the world's best researchers as to how organizational change in general—and sustainable change in particular—can be most effectively managed. The book begins by laying out the... View Details

15 Aug 2012
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Legislating Stock Prices

Keywords: by Lauren Cohen, Karl Diether & Christopher Malloy; Financial Services

13 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

innovation and the opportunity to participate in the "white coat" economy and life sciences revolution of the 21st century. Writes a new social contract based on real family values, creating fair and flexible workplaces that are productive while also View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

16 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Seven Tips for Managing Price Increases

yourself paying more attention to the prices of everything you buy? You are not alone. Consumers everywhere are more price aware. People who've been indifferent to price increases for years are suddenly amazed at what things now cost. How... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980

invented, and when economic theorists turned their attention to explaining their existence. Between 1945 and the mid-1960s the United States may have accounted for 85 percent of all new FDI flows. By 1980 it... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

December 2024
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Enerjisa Üretim: The Digital Era of Electricity Generation

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury and Sadika El Hariri

Launched in 2017, Enerjisa Üretim was one of Türkiye’s largest private sector electricity companies. In its early days, the company faced some financial and operational troubles. When İhsan Erbil Bayçöl, the current CEO of Enerjisa Üretim, joined the business in 2018,... View Details

Keywords: Private Sector; Performance Improvement; Renewable Energy; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Units; Partners and Partnerships; Leadership; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; Turkey

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Healthy Outcomes - Managing the Future of Work

responsibilities—but management tends to lack a strategic response. This is because few employers calculate or track the economics of providing support to caregiving employees. Our research shows that employers who make the right... View Details

24 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 24

and further development of the original cluster framework. The fourth part then explores the policy implications to be drawn from Porter's work on clusters. Porter develops recommendations on how to leverage clusters as a tool in economic... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

Too Nice to Lead? Unpacking the Gender Stereotype That Holds Women Back

they should behave. First, they recruited about 800 participants to play a series of classic economics games. For instance, in one game, one player decides how to divide money between themselves and a partner. Then, participants were... View Details

Keywords: by Shalene Gupta

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Strategy Curriculum - Faculty & Research

advantage over time. Particular attention is paid to competitive positioning; understanding comparative costs; and addressing issues such as cannibalization, network externalities, and globalization. MBA Elective Curriculum (SECOND YEAR)... View Details

05 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

5 Companies Where Employees Move Up the Ladder Fast

say. Companies are also facing more scrutiny from regulators and investors who are increasingly evaluating how employers treat workers. And they’ve been blamed for creating economic conditions that cause half of American workers born in... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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